get html text in jquery code example

Example 1: jQuery - Get Content and Attributes

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    alert("Text: " + $("#test").text());
  });
  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    alert("HTML: " + $("#test").html());
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p id="test">This is some <b>bold</b> text in a paragraph.</p>

<button id="btn1">Show Text</button>
<button id="btn2">Show HTML</button>

</body>
</html>

Example 2: get div text jquery

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>text demo</title>
  <style>
  p {
    color: blue;
    margin: 8px;
  }
  b {
    color: red;
  }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
 
<p><b>Test</b> Paragraph.</p>
<p></p>
 
<script>
var str = $( "p" ).first().text();
$( "p" ).last().html( str );
</script>
 
</body>
</html>